Mark Twain
Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer. Among his novels are The Adventures of Tom Sawyerand its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the latter often called "The Great American Novel"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth30 November 1835
CountryUnited States of America
land feet america
All the territorial possessions of all the political establishments in the earth--including America, of course-- consist of pilferings from other people's wash. No tribe, howsoever insignificant, and no nation, howsoever mighty occupies a foot of land that was not stolen.
conceited men sea
If there is one thing that will make a man peculiarly and insufferable self-conceited, it is to have his stomach behave itself, the first day at sea, when nearly all his comrades are seasick.
favors flattery compliment
Do not offer a compliment and ask a favor at the same time. A compliment that is charged for is not valuable.
clothes reason
We must put up with clothes as they are they have their reason for existing. They are on us to expose us to advertise what we wear them to conceal.
men clothes crow
A group of men in evening clothes looks like a flock of crows, and is just about as inspiring.
healthy occupation impossible
A healthy and wholesome cheerfulness is not necessarily impossible to any occupation.
beautiful matter faces
There are women who have an indefinable charm in their faces which makes them beautiful to their intimates, but a cold stranger who tried to reason the matter out and find this beauty would fail.
distance california giving
All scenery in California requires distance to give it its highest charm.
dozen bears compliment
A dozen direct censures are easier to bear than one morganatic compliment.
say-anything tasks be-careful
I have been cautioned to talk but be careful not to say anything. I do not consider this a difficult task.
calamity prepared
The calamity that comes is never the one we had prepared ourselves for.
blessed yesterday michael-angelo
I never felt so fervently thankful, so soothed, so tranquil, so filled with the blessed peace, as I did yesterday when I learned that Michael Angelo was dead.
men sand appetite
Nature makes the locust with an appetite for crops; man would have made him with an appetite for sand
adventure views earth
Broad, wholesome, charitable views .. can not be acquired by vegetating in one's little corner of the earth.